I quote from an egroup member who picked up this book the other day.
"In"Jesus and the Lost Goddess", by Freke and Gandy, very near the end this appears:
" Religion is the devil's greatest achievement. In the guise of religion he has pulled off his most audacious coup. He has flagrantly masqueraded as G-d. He has had us bow down and worship him. He has had us commit every type of evil in the name of holiness. He has passed off his bigotry as G-d's opinions. He has had us segregate humanity into the "ins" and the "outs" believers and unbelievers, the saved and the damned. He has convinced us that G-d likes us, but not them. And convinced them that G-d likes them and not us. And, in the stroke of dark brilliance, he warns his faithful flock of sheep to "be sure you do not heed to anyone but me, for the Devil is a wily wolf and he will surely trick you."
The original Christians exposed the Devil in disguise.....Not that the Devil was overly perturbed. He just did what he always does- he put into effect a takeover of the new spiritual tradition these radicals had founded., turning Christianity into the most authoritarian and barbaric religion of all time."
With even Rowan Williams entering the debate on abortion, we may be on the verge of the religious right invading this country on the back of the red neck burning Bush.
Having raised the abortion issue, however, Howard wants to drop it again.
Well, we don't want a serious debate on anything, now do we?
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